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. 2024 Jan;30(1):96–104. doi: 10.3201/eid3001.221450

Table 2. Percentages of food-producing animals raised in each country that fall within an antimicrobial resistance hotspot area (95th percentile per pathogen) for France, Germany, Spain, and countries in which pathogen percentage >50% for >1 animal species*.

Pathogen, country Cattle, % Pigs, % Poultry, %
Escherichia coli
France 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0
Spain 2.1 2.3 1.8
Bulgaria 34.4 51.5 57.8
Cyprus 33.8 68.9 68.5
Greece 39.4 57.9 35.5
Romania
34.8
77.5
57.8
Salmonella
France 0 0 0
Germany 0 0 0
Spain 8.8 28.2 24.8
Cyprus 51.8 91.6 96.6
Hungary 63.5 64.7 80.6
Italy 52.0 70.2 64.0
Poland 21.6 66.0 74.3
Romania
17.0
65.2
45.0
Campylobacter
France 0.5 4.6 6.2
Germany 1.8 14.9 23.2
Spain 32.3 87.9 93.0
Cyprus 26.0 44.9 66.3
Greece 10.9 58.4 90.3
Portugal 22.1 74.9 88.0

*Antimicrobial resistance for Escherichia coli, nontyphoidal Salmonella, and Campylobacter.